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Pizzeria to the rescue

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Clark County residents can help out a hard-struck family simply by grabbing a pie at Papa Murphy's two Camas locations on Tuesday, March 16.

Not seeing, but believing

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Despite a lingering economic downturn, the Northwest Association for Blind Athletes raised a record $5,000 at its first annual benefit dinner and auction at the Firstenberg Community Center in Vancouver on Friday, March 5.

Movers & Shakers

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Featured Mover: Lee Rafferty

Vancouver's Downtown Association hires new executive director

Vancouver's Downtown Association has announced that Lee Rafferty has been hired as executive director. Rafferty, a longtime business owner and small business advocate, has been an active VDA board member.

News Briefs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Vancouver Farmers Market set to reopen

The Vancouver Farmers Market will open for its 20th season on Saturday, March 20 at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. Opening day will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. and will conclude at 3 p.m.

A few of the many activities planned include routine cooking demonstrations and the Children's Market. More details can be found at www.vancouverfarmersmarket.com

From the Press Room

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Leadership Clark County is accepting applications for the class of 2011. The application deadline for enrollment is April 30. Classes begin in September and continue until graduation in June 2011. Limited scholarships are available.

News from the Hill

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

The Washington state legislature voted on the following bills last week:

SB 6444 modifies the state's operating budget, attempting to close the $2.8 billion budget gap by reducing spending by approximately $829 million, incorporating $582 million of approved or anticipated federal relief to the state and transferring $501 million of other funds to the general fund. The bill passed 25-19, with local Democrats voting for and Republicans against the measure.

Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Vancouver Freezing Point LLC rented 1200 sq. feet of industrial space from 18th Street Holdings LLC located at East 18th Street Business Park, 5601 E 18th St., #304, in Vancouver for $9,720. Kelly Shea and Shannon Benshoof of Coldwell Banker Commercial Jenkins-Bernhardt Associates represented the lessor and lessee.

B.G. mayor to city: "We need to do less with less"

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo gave a mostly-upbeat assessment of 2009 in his State of the City address Wednesday night, held against a backdrop of declining tax revenues and what he called an "unfunded" stormwater mandate which he said threatened the city’s continued financial stability.

State of the construction industry

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

Batten down the hatches. Keep afloat. These are challenging times.

These types of phrases pepper recent conversations with contractors and developers, with the general consensus being that things could be worse, but they could be a whole lot better and that nothing is going to change very fast.

How are you feeling?

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST

When the economy fell like a stone in December 2007, it was as if no one saw it coming. Politicians and media outlets scrambled to assign blame, the television was plastered with human interest stories as the unemployment rate began to spike to levels unseen since the recession in the early 1980s.